Autonomous vs. Anonymous

Not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

Having an unknown or unacknowledged name

Independent in mind or judgment; self-directed.

Having an unknown or withheld authorship or agency

Independent of the laws of another state or government; self-governing.

Having no distinctive character or recognition factor

Of or relating to a self-governing entity

(not comparable) Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species.

Self-governing with respect to local or internal affairs

(not comparable) Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible

Autonomic.

(not comparable) Of unknown name; whose name is withheld

Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient, self-aware, thinking, feeling, governing independently.

Lacking individuality.

Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.

Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter.

Used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent; used in similar situations as the passive in English (the difference being that the theme in the English passive construction is the subject, while in the Celtic autonomous construction the theme is the object and there is no subject).

Having no known name or identity or known source;

Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government.

Not known or lacking marked individuality;

Having independent existence or laws.

Of political bodies;

Existing as an independent entity;

Of persons; free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment